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DP 050393

Page 9 of Market-Crosses of Scotland. Includes an engraving of 'Fig. 5. Near Goodlieburn, Perthshire.'
Inscribed: ''...village of Water of Leith they hung at the doorway of an old house still standing. This house, or some part of it, was used as a prison. The cross was also used to measure punishment from.''

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DP 050394

Page 10 of Market-Crosses of Scotland. Includes an engraving of 'Fig. 6. Market-Cross, Cockburnspath.'
Inscribed: '...sculptured on it, the ecclesiastical character is lost. But the most beautiful of all Scottish market-crosses I have yet seen is that of Inverkeithing (see Plate II), seeming to me to possess all the requisites of such an erection. It is heraldic (which, fortunately, fixes its date), has a sun-dial, which is again surmounted by the Scottish Unicorn, with the shield.''

Archaeology Notes

Cockburnspath Market Cross comprises a cross-shaft 10ft 4 ins high, standing on an irregularly stepped base of three tiers and a scoket stone 2ft 10 ins square and 10 ins high. The E and W faces of the cross-head have a thistle conventional design carved in relief on each side, while the other two faces are decorated with roses. The cross was restored in 1908. It is not earlier than 1503, the date when the emblems of the thistle and the rose, which appear on the cross, came into being together (J Hardy 1879).

J Drummond 1863; J W Small 1900; RCAHMS 1915.

This market cross, standing in the centre of Cockburnspath village square, is as described by the previous authorities. The whole structure is well weathered.